International

By Saeed Naqvi

Sep 24, 2017

Iraqi Kurdish region’s planned referendum on September 25 for independence has set the cat among the pigeons. Last minute efforts are on to persuade the Kurdish autonomous region’s President, Masoud Barzani, to postpone the referend...

By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood

Sep 24, 2017

In India, these days in TV debates, some persons ask as to why Muslim countries are not hosting the Rohingya Refugees. Talking of the world’s best practices in treating the Refugees, it's satisfying to know about Uganda.

Sep 15, 2017

This week Just Asia begins with Burma, where many Rohingya are suffering horrific injuries and loss of limbs by landmines along the Burma-Bangladesh border in their attempt to flee the violence. After the militant Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army...

By Ramzy Baroud

Sep 13, 2017

To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a 'democracy icon' because she opposed the same forces in her country, Burma, at the time that the US-led western coalition iso...

Sep 13, 2017

Sometimes confronting the naked truth is shocking – yet sobering. Israeli historian Benny Morris was alas right, when he concluded that
“[T]ransfer was inevitable and inbuilt in Zionism – because it sought to tra...

Sep 09, 2017

Reacting to the insurgent attacks on some police outposts and an army camp on August 25, the Myanmar security forces have unleashed a "war" of sorts against the Rohingya—an ethnic minority group living for centuries in the Rakhi...

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

Sep 08, 2017

The seven-million strong American Muslim community, though, remains under siege since 9/11/2001 but their plight has taken a new twist under President Donald Trump whose anti-Muslim policies alarmingly fomented hate crimes against them.
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By M Ghazali Khan

Sep 06, 2017

London (4 Sep 2017): Human rights organisation South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) and pro-Palestine organisations have protested, Monday, against arms trade between India and Israel. The protest was staged at the ongoing DSEi Arms Fair.
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Sep 06, 2017

Twelve Nobel Laureates ranging from octogenarian Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the young Malala Yousufzai have so far called upon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Laureate and State Counselor in Myanmar, to help stop the killings of Rohingyas in her co...

Aug 28, 2017

Yangon: After one year of consultations held across Rakhine State and in other parts of the country and the region, the Advisory Commission headed by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, submitted its final report to Burmese author...

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

Aug 26, 2017

Beijing and Moscow have come to Pakistan’s defense in light of President Donald Trump’s Afghan and Pakistan strategy unveiled last Monday.
After China’s strong message defending Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan a...

By Ramzy Baroud

Aug 23, 2017

Both Trump and Kim are dubious figures, driven by fragile egos and unsound judgement. Yet, they are both in a position that, if not reigned in soon, could threaten global security and the lives of millions.

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

Aug 22, 2017

Saudi Arabia's crown prince has told two former US officials that he "wants out" of the two-year war he started in Yemen, and that he is not against US rapprochement with Iran, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday (August 15) quoting leake...

By Ramzy Baroud

Aug 22, 2017

On August 1, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time. As soon as Israeli bulldozers finished their ugly deed and soldiers began evacuating the premises, the village resident immediately began rebuildi...

Aug 14, 2017

Many lessons can be drawn by the recent victory of Lebanese resistance forces. Which was represented by Hezbollah party and supported by Syrian and Lebanese armies where Jabhat Al Nusra Front, which is affiliated to Al Qaeda, was defeated in Jr...

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

Aug 10, 2017

The seven-million strong American Muslim community is alarmed over Saturday’s mosque bombing in Minnesota, which the community sees as a further evidence of an anti-Muslim backlash that has worsened in recent months.
A blast ...

By Ramzy Baroud

Aug 10, 2017

The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The fight to defeat BDS has been ongoing for several years, but most notably since 2014.
Since then, 11 US states hav...